Summer Transfer Misery 2017/18

[Niall_Quinn]

We had no choice about letting the players run down their deals. We've been trying to sign them for over a year but because there is zero sign of progress at this club nobody wants to commit. If Wenger wanted to keep these players on his terms he needed to be showing them something other than the same old shite. Something like signing Lacazette one or two seasons ago. Or signing Vidal when he was available. Or snapping up Draxler. Or actually bringing in somebody that could genuinely improve the team rather than just keep it ticking over. But Wenger knows best. He knows that Coquelin and Giroud are qualiteeeee and there's nobody out there that can replace them.

[Özim]

We had no choice about letting the players run down their deals. We've been trying to sign them for over a year but because there is zero sign of progress at this club nobody wants to commit. If Wenger wanted to keep these players on his terms he needed to be showing them something other than the same old shite. Something like signing Lacazette one or two seasons ago. Or signing Vidal when he was available. Or snapping up Draxler. Or actually bringing in somebody that could genuinely improve the team rather than just keep it ticking over. But Wenger knows best. He knows that Coquelin and Giroud are qualiteeeee and there's nobody out there that can replace them.

If you're going to do that you may as well sell them with a couple years to go, that way you get a big fee and can spend it on someone else, now it's pointless. I agree though we should have bought better players, always said you want to show top players you have ambition, our mickey mouse transfer policy of signing nobodies has not worked out well for us.

[Power n Glory]

We're in an awful situation, keep him and he leaves for nothing next year, sell him and we lose a top quality player. On top of that Ox-Chamberlain is still not signed up. We've brought it on ourselves though, I just don't understand how we let all 3 players run down their contracts to 1 year, makes no sense.

The window so far has been ok, we have a decent striker so that's good, but more needed because what we have so far is not enough. Lemar deal is looking more and more unlikely, if we really wanted him we should have got the deal done quickly, because now that Bakayoko is off to Chelsea, Silva has gone to City and Mendy looks to be on his way there as well, Monaco will have plenty of money and probably won't sell unless the get some astronomical offer, they probably don't want to dismantle the whole team.

Mahrez and Mbappe were both just BS speculation with no substance, but you'd have to be pretty gullible to believe we had a chance of signing Mbappe anyway.

We need a CM. The guys we have available there right now can only play well under certain conditions and with a certain combination of players. Xhaka, Ramsey and Coquelin struggle against pressing team to distribute the ball.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I agree we really could not impose ourselves on games most of last season, and we also lacked creativity because even though Ozil was scoring more he was creating a lot less.

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal will seek to off-load fringe players before deciding whether to smash the club’s transfer record for the second time this summer with a raid on Monaco for Thomas Lemar. Lemar remains at the top of Arsene Wenger’s wish-list despite clear indications from the French champions that they are not selling the 21-year-old winger.

Journos are throwing around crazy figures up to 80 mill. I think we'll definitely spend that amount on one player. It would be just like us to do that.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis Sanchez wants to join Manchester City and believes Arsenal will cave in their effort to prevent him from joining a domestic rival.


The Gunners are adamant they will not sell their superstar to another Premier League club this summer.


Indeed, sources insist Arsenal will not consider any offers from the Etihad Stadium outfit, even if it means risking losing Sanchez for nothing at the end of the forthcoming season.

Meanwhile, mind reading experts from the tabloid press have discovered that Alexis believes Arsenal will cave and he'll get his move to the gypos for around 50 mill. Or I suppose, after all these years the journos know Arsenal and Wenger only too well.

[Power n Glory]

Just read Le Grove. Something about Lacazette playing on the left with Giroud leading the line.

If Wenger pulls this shit and doesn't drop Giroud down to the bench or form a strike partnership, we've wasted our money.

[selassie]

Just read Le Grove. Something about Lacazette playing on the left with Giroud leading the line.

If Wenger pulls this shit and doesn't drop Giroud down to the bench or form a strike partnership, we've wasted our money.

I honestly wouldn't put it past Wenger to do this.

[Letters]

[selassie]

What's with the roll of the eyes? Wenger does have form for moving strikers all over the place. In the past Wiltord was moved to the wing, Eduardo was moved to the wing, Perez last season. It's not outlandish to think Wenger could do this to Lacazette assuming Giroud stays.